The Easter bunny really started out as the Easter hare in ancient cultures.

复活节兔子确实源于古文化中的复活节兔子。

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The Easter Hare (the Bunny’s forebear), which first appeared in German folklore, would not be impressed.

听到这个，复活节野兔(Easter Hare)（复活节兔子的祖先）一定会觉得很不爽；它最早的亮相就是在德国民间传说中。

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Of all the celebration symbols, the egg and the hare (rabbit, bunny) considered from ancient times to represent fertility and new life, are those most frequently associated with Easter.

在所有庆祝的象征物中，蛋和兔子从很早时候开始就代表丰产和新生，它是常常与复活节联系在一起的。

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Rather than baskets, children once left out their straw-filled caps and bonnets to be filled with colored, hard-boiled eggs by the Easter Hare.

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By the 19th century, the Easter Hare had become the Easter Bunny, and American children awaited baskets filled with eggs, chocolates, jelly beans and more come Easter morning.

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